Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (7/16/18)

Cleveland Browns:

• “5 position battles we’ll be watching in Browns training camp” (Browns.com) - “Jarvis Landry and Josh Gordon are a big reason why one of the team’s weakest position groups from a year ago is now a strength.”
• “Ben McAdoo, terrible QB evaluator, doesn’t like Mayfield” (DPD) - “A former head coach with the New York Giants, Ben McAdoo is credited as a quarterback guru, so people are still listening when he talks about players at the position.”
• “2018 Cleveland Browns Position Preview: Running Back” (WFNY) - “The Browns have had a busy offseason with a slew of moves that have transformed the roster into a quite different one from last season.”
• “Sports betting bill emerges in Ohio” (PFT) - “A state at the epicenter of the country’s political divide has managed to fashion a bipartisan bill regarding the phenomenon that literally is sweeping the nation, albeit slowly: Sports betting.”

NFL:

• “2014 top offensive player RB DeMarco Murray retires” (AP) - “DeMarco Murray is retiring from the NFL. The 2014 Offensive Player of the Year made the announcement on ESPN on Friday, four months after being released by the Tennessee Titans.”
• “Demarcus Lawrence, Ansah expected to play on tag” (NFL.com) - “It doesn’t sound like the Cowboys and Lions will reach long-term deals with Demarcus Lawrence and Ezekial Ansah, respectively, before the Monday deadline.”
• “Tomlin is ‘excited and hopeful’ that Steelers will get deal done with Le’Veon Bell” (CBS) - “Steelers coach Mike Tomlin remains optimistic that a deal will get done between the team and running back.”
• “NFLPA exec on legalized betting: ‘Serious consequences’ to privacy” (ESPN) - “Representatives from the player associations for MLB, NBA and NHL also attended the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States’ summer meeting in Cleveland.”